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Jim Elder Keynote Speaker At Bob Davis Celebration Of Life Perico Island resident Jim Elder was a long time friend of renowned tennis figure Bob Davis and was invited to be a keynote speaker at the Celebration Of Life memorial held on January 24, at GT Bray Park. Davis, who passed away at age 80 […]
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Arthur Ashe · Bob Davis · Bradenton
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Opening Day of the 2024 US Open generated the biggest single-day crowd in event history — 74,641. The day-session crowd of 42,886 was the second-highest day-session attendance in history, while the night-session crowd of 31,775 set an all-time night-session record. Further evidence Novak Djokovic is more popular than Federer and Nadal and is uplifting the […]
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Arthur Ashe · Novak Djokovic · US Open

By Scoop Malinowski Arthur Ashe was a guest on The Dick Cavett Show in the 1980s and explained in detail how and why he beat Jimmy Connors in their famous 1975 Wimbledon final showdown. “That particular day, Wimbledon finals on grass, Slazenger balls, about 65 degrees, no sun. That morning I was praying for cloudy […]
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Arthur Ashe · Jimmy Connors · Wimbledon

Martina Navratilova declared earlier this year that 19 year old Carlos Alcaraz was superior to World No. 1 and winner of 20 Grand Slam titles Novak Djokovic. She said Alcaraz was her pick to win the French Open and Wimbledon. Of course those predictions by Martina were colossal busts as Alcaraz was not a factor […]
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Arthur Ashe · Carlos Alcaraz · Jennifer Capriati · US Open

If you think Novak Djokovic is politically incorrect, take a look at some of the fearless statements Jack Kramer wrote in his book “The Game”… Rod Laver: “Laver was a drab personality. In fact when he turned pro in 1963 after winning the grand slam, the interest in tennis had fallen so low there was […]
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Arthur Ashe · Jack Kramer · Rod Laver
In her new book “All In”, Billie Jean King claims Arthur Ashe reversed his stance on equal pay for men and women after he had a daughter (adopted daughter Camera born in 1986). Ashe was vehemently against equal pay for men and women tennis players, as he made abundantly clear in a 1980 interview on […]
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All In · Arthur Ashe · Billie Jean King · Equal pay

One of my favorite old re-runs is the Dick Cavett Show on Decades Network. The witty Nebraskan was a popular TV figure in the 70s with his own interview show. A couple of weeks ago I taped the two-segment show with Arthur Ashe as the guest and was quite startled to learn that Ashe completely disagreed with the equal prize money issue which was orchestrated by Billie Jean King.
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Arthur Ashe · Billie Jean King · equal prize money